#37979C#37979C

#37979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#37979C
RGB	rgb(55, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -25.92, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 28.12, 202.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0828 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.088 200)
XYZ	xyz(18.6403, 25.3437, 35.3555)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#37979C #9C3C37

analogous

#379C6F #37979C #37659C

triadic

#37979C #9C3797 #979C37

tetradic

#37979C #6F379C #9C3C37 #659C37

square

#37979C #6F379C #9C3C37 #659C37

split-complementary

#37979C #9C3765 #9C6F37

monochromatic

#173F42 #276B6F #37979C #4FBBC1 #7CCDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#37979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#37979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #37979C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##37979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##37979C	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #37979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#37979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #37979c;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#37979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.97,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#37979C

secondary

#BA7875

accent

#5750D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #37979C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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